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drkanta writes "Hey, I decided to decorate my cube for a holiday decoration contest. Well, I went all out and had a lot of fun and turned my cube into a house. I thought it was very very funny. What bugged me was that some people asked me where I saw this before to get my idea. What? Saw something like this before? My question is: has anyone done something like this before?"
I think this is the coolest thing I have seen in a long time. You are now my hero. Course most of the guys I work with say it is gay.
I've done it, lots of times. I make them out of tinfoil. It's stops the cosmic rays, you know.
The bigotry of the nonbeliever is for me nearly as funny as the bigotry of the believer. - Albert Einstein
Where are the TSP reports I asked for two days ago?
...is currently taking a long hard look at just how much he's paying you.
Yes I have seen this before, but then the walls were padded....
I see there's a pink slip attached to your monitor too! I wonder what THAT'S doing there!
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Did you win the contest?
See subject; :)
Other than that, I think JWZ made himself a cubicle tent once. Netscape made him take it down as I recall. I'd love to see more examples of clear fire hazards, so if anyone has any more keep posting.
Luck favors the prepared, darling.
it can't get any worse. Oh no, There is a whole new level of people with to much time on their hands.
Just what *do* you do at work if you have that much free time!? lol This reminds of that "While You Were Out" show...they should do it for cubicles.
Can I see you in my office, please? I think we have a few things to discuss....
- Your Pointy Haired Boss
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I read this thinking he decorated his Mac Cube... and thought that was pretty cool. Maybe put some christmas lights inside or something... but this is just his work cube... not as cool.. IMO.
How is it that one careless match can start a forest fire, but it takes a whole box to start a campfire?
Put a fridge and a tv in and you may not have an excuse to go home ...
Which is why you are posting this AC on slashdot. Working hard I see.
5.5 Hour of Pay to decorate your CUBE. cool I still have you beat, getting paid 8 hours a day to surfing slashdot.org
has anyone done something like this before?
True Story: In 1982 or so I had a job stocking shelves (hey, I was 16) Anyhow, I got pretty stoned at dinner break and had a great idea.. I bought a can of gold spray paint in the store then proceeded to completely spray paint a urinal in the men's room. Then I wrote in felt marker Needless to say when my boss called me in the next day and I was straight I didn't think the idea was too smart.
Trolling is a art,
I have not looked at the article yet.
I procured cardboard shipping boxes with the intent of converting my cubicle into an interior office.
There is no good reason the walls do not continue straight up.
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as if cubes don't trap the smell of a fart already enough...
http://unmoldable.com W:"No one of consequence" I:"I must know" W:"Get used to disappointment"
Since I started to work at home, I have turned my house into a cube. Much to my wife's consternation, I might add...
Any fool can talk, but it takes a wise man to listen.
And what sort of immoral place do you work at and why hasn't HR gotten involved?
Happiness is like peeing yourself. Everybody can see it but only you can feel its warmth.
Right... if by I have to work you mean surfing slashdot and by staying after work you mean getting all the work you avoided finished at home?
"The truth suffers from too much analysis"
And I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll ./ your house down!
"Can of worms? The can is open... the worms are everywhere."
Actually yes, while I was at one job I turned my cube into a tiki hut complete with thatch roof. My boss was pissed and was going to scream at me until the VP of the company came by and congratulated me on such a great morale builder and said that others should be so industrious.
:)
Nearly everything for your own Tiki hut can be purchased at Archie McPhee's
This is my sig. There are many like it but this one is mine.
I could do with a little immorality here at work in particular with the chick with the short grey skirt and the red stockings. :)
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At one start up I worked at, we had a cubicle decorating contest for who got the close parking spots in the middle of January. My cubicle group (4 cubicles with doorways facing inwards) use white plastic to create a biohazard tent. It actually was nice because it blocked light from outside and helped us regulate the temperature.
The downside was when someone let one rip, well it lingered.
"Total cost of the project: $34
...pissing off all your non-christian co-workers: priceless
Total cost of the project after I return "unneeded items": $14
Total time to build, including sawing, etc: 5.5 hours."
Sorry, I keep forgetting to add the tongue-in-cheek emoticon to the bottom of my posts...
If you're gonna' comment, read the whole thread.
Unless you're into redundancy.
One of my co-workers went to Hong Kong on business last year. When he returned, his cube was tented with plastic sheeting. We hung up SARS warning signs and facemasks. We even put a facemask on his bowling trophy guy. He wasn't impressed.
Hey, I work on a military base and I've got away with more.
Last year, at Halloween, I swiped a spare floor tile (we have a raised floor in the network control center), ripped the carpet off, and mounted it on a piece of particle board with a hole cut in the middle. I removed one of the regular floor tiles, climbed in, and put my head through the cutout. Someone set a box on my head, and we just waited for the cleaning lady to come around.
I've got a still pic of the setup somewhere, but unfortunately we didn't tape the cleaning staff's reaction. The two poor ladies screamed their heads off when one picked up the box, and ran for the door.
Uhhh dude....
Sorry about the mess in your bathroom.
Box noted in highly unusual place by cleaning staff.
MPs forcibly evacutated building.
Bomb squad noted problems with security and downtime due to location in network control center.
In case box contained explosive device, it was immediately disrupted with small demolition charges. Minor damage to surrounding equipment.
There was one casualty. How he avoided the evacuation and reached the vicinity of the box has not been determined.
You insensitive clod! I don't celebrate Christmas!
Turned mine into a dump for old computer gear. Hang on, that's what every sysadmin does! You just never know whether a DecStation5000 will turn up to plug that old digitiser tablet into - all those empty boxes damp sound in the office, and that big pile of AT keyboards and big 10Mb/s switches are valuble thermal mass keeping the office temperature from fluctuating too quickly.